The suspect in the custody of Amritsar VB officials on Friday.
Amritsar, February 9
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Friday arrested a revenue Patwari, Sunil Dutt, posted in Amritsar district, for accepting a bribe of Rs 42,000 here.
Disclosing this, an official spokesperson of the state VB said a case had been registered against the accused, Sunil Dutt, on an online complaint lodged by Gursahib Singh, a resident of Jalloke village in Amritsar, on the Chief Minister Anti-Corruption Action Line.
He said the complainant in his complaint stated that the Patwari had taken a bribe of Rs 42,000 in lieu of executing mutation of his land. The VB, Amritsar Range, investigated the complaint and found the allegations true and correct. On the basis of this report, a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the suspect, Patwari, at the VB police station, Amritsar Range, and Sunil Dutt was arrested. Further investigation into the case was underway, he added.
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